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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[iJ"-! S. YII. Jan. 1. '69. 



kill King James, and accused Sandis for not re- 

 porting them." The Grand Jury, however, were 

 wise and honest enough to throw out the bill. 



Edward Foss. 



Publishers' Catalogues. — I purchased at a stall, 

 a few days ago, an interesting volume. It is a 

 copy of Parnell's Poems, edited by Pope, and pub- 

 lished by Bernard Lintot, 1726. Its chief charm 

 to me is in having the autograph and book-plate 

 of Mary Lady Hervey : — 



" Youth's youngest daughter, sweet Lepell." 

 But it contains at the end a catalogue of all the 

 books published by Bernard Lintot, with their 

 original prices. This catalogue extends over two 

 sheets, or 32 pages. It has struck me that a most 

 useful and valuable book might be made by bind- 

 ing up the various catalogues of the old publishers, 

 frequently found at the end of their books, and 

 indexing them. Such a volume would be of ex- 

 treme use to literary men, and throw light on 

 many a point in literary history. I intend myself 

 to commence this plan, and I trust that some of 

 the readers of " N. & Q." may find it also an 

 amusing occupation. Many a neglected odd vo- 

 lume would supply materials, and the butterman 

 only deprived of a leaf or so. R. H. 



Sion College. — Upon the recovery of George 

 III., in 1789, the librarian and others connected 

 with Sion College were at a loss what device, or 

 motto, to select for the illumination of the build- 

 ing, when the following happy choice was made 

 by a worthy divine from the Book of Psalms : 

 " Sioji heard of it, and was glad." J. Y. 



iBLutviti. 



FIRST EDITION OF COWPER S " TABLE TALK. 



The first edition of Cowper's Table Talk, and 

 other poems, was published in one octavo volume, 

 in 1782, with the following title : — 



" Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. 

 London : printed for J. Johnson, No. 72. St. Paul's Church- 

 yard. 1782." 



There are, also, upon the title-page mottoes from 

 Virgil and Caraccioli, which I need not transcribe. 



After some copies of this work had been issued, 

 a very important alteration was made in the poem 

 entitled " Expostulation." Twenty-four lines were 

 omitted by Cowper, and other lines, newly written 

 for the occasion, were substituted. This altera- 

 tion occasioned the cancellation of a leaf, being 

 that on which were printed the pages 123. and 

 124. The substituted leaf of course bears the 

 same pagination ; but so far as regards those 

 twenty-four lines, is totally dissimilar in substance. 



There are in existence probably many copies of 

 this book as it was first published, but I liave not 



yet been able to light upon one. I possess a copy, 

 and have seen several others, which contain the 

 substituted leaf, but have searched in vain for a 

 copy which contains that leaf which was cancelled. 



Is it in the power of any of your readers to 

 assist me, either by directing me to a copy in any 

 public or private library, or by lending me a copy, 

 for a brief period, for the purpose of collation ? I 

 have not, I should state, been able to discover a 

 copy in the library of the British Museum. 



I want the book in order to correct the text of 

 a new edition of Cowper's Works, and shall feel 

 myself much indebted to anyone who is kind 

 enough to assist me. Southey had access to a 

 copy, and has printed the cancelled lines, but I 

 doubt the perfect accuracy of his transcript. 



John Bruce. 



5. Upper Gloucester Street, Dorset Square. 



P.S. I may add that the several copies of the 

 edition of 1782 maybe distinguished by reference 

 to the third line of page 123. In the copies as 

 first issued, which is the book I want to see, that 

 line will be found to stand thus : — 



" Hast thou admitted with a blind, fcm'd trust," 



In the copies which contain the substituted pas- 

 sage, the third line stands : — 



"Hast thou, when Heaven has cloath'd tlieo with dis- 

 grace," 



I should be willing to purchase a copy of the 

 book as first issued at a fair price. 



Minav akutriti. 



J. Gailhard. — Could you give me any infor- 

 mation about J. Gailhard, Gent. ? He wrote a 

 work on The Present State of the Repuhlick of 

 Venice, 1669. It is dedicated to " 'I'he Right 

 Hon''''' Sir John Trevor, one of His Majesties 

 Principal Secretaries of State." In the preface 

 he states : — 



" And also I am obliged to answer a challenge I re- 

 ceived from some persons of Note, to perform a condi- 

 tional kind of promise I made in my book of The Present 

 State of Italy, in the place where I treat of this Republick 

 to give a Relation of it," &c. &e. 



There is also a work by J. Gailhard, Character 

 of Socinianism, 1699, 8vo. Are these works by 

 the same author ? Any account of the life and 

 writings of J. Gailhard will greatly oblige 



Belater-Adime. 



Napier, Charles James and W. F. Portraits. — 

 What portraits of either of the above brothers are 

 in print or lithograph ? Vryan Rheged. 



" Laio atid Lawyers." — A facetious and some- 

 what satirical friend of mine the other day pre- 

 sented me with a little book of the above title, 

 saying I should find it extremely useful as well 



